IPL expansion from 2028 will extend the season to 94 matches according to BCCI plans yet they do not intend to create any new teams in the upcoming future. The IPL added two new teams and reached its 74-match schedule in 2022 when the Gujarat Titans (GT) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) buying groups entered the league. The BCCI continues to explore medium-term expansion opportunities to 84 IPL matches for 2025 even though broadcaster demands for double-headers halted initial expansion plans during the tournament window.
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“Definitely, that might be an opportunity,” Dhumal said. “We’ve been discussing in ICC, we’ve been discussing in-house in BCCI. Given how the interest of the fan is changing with regard to bilateral and ICC events, in regard to franchise cricket and T20 cricket, we’ll have to talk more seriously about it and see how we can create maximum value for the stakeholders of the game.“
“Ideally, we’d want a larger window, or to maybe go on from 74 to 84 or 94 at some point… So that every team gets to play against every team home and away, for that, you need 94 games.“
“Given the window and the kind of commitments that we have with regards to bilateral cricket and ICC events, that may not be possible in the short term. But given the landscape, how it is changing and evolving over the years, maybe at some point in time we would look and take that option.“
“There’s been so much cricket: we came back from Australia from a Test series, we had this Champions Trophy, and on top of that we have this IPL. That is why it was decided that it doesn’t make sense from going from 74 to 84 [in 2025], but whenever we think that the time is opportune, we’ll take that call.”
The upcoming Future Tours Programme period have set aside dates for the Indian Premier League and it will play matches between mid-March to the end of May during the subsequent two years. According to Arun Dhumal who serves as the IPL chairman a full home-and-away 94-match season will be seriously examined by the BCCI for subsequent media rights starting in 2028.
The length of the IPL season will be part of negotiations that will take place between boards next year to determine the upcoming FTP framework. Multiple IPL franchises support a 94-match season according to officials at ESPNcricinfo while a growth would require broadcast interest after the Reliance-Disney merger in India leads to JioStar.
